Chocolate cheesecake and hazelnut bar cookies with a chocolate cookie crust.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 16
Author Cookie Madness
Ingredients
8Double Chocolate Oreos
12ounceslight cream cheesesoftened
¼cuppacked brown sugar
⅓cupgranulated sugar
⅔cupNutella
⅓cupnatural unsweetened cocoa powder -- Or -- DutchHershey's Dark
½teaspoonvanilla
1teaspooninstant espresso powder
1large egg plus 1 egg white
2tablespoonscornstarch
2teaspoonsFrangelicooptional, but good
⅓cupchocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line the inside of an 8 inch square metal pan with non-stick foil.
Process cookies into crumbs and press into bottom of pan.
Wipe processor bowl clean and add cream cheese; Process until smooth, scraping side of bowl as needed, then add both sugars, Nutella, cocoa powder, vanilla and espresso powder; process until well mixed. Scrape sides of bowl and add egg, egg white and cornstarch and pulse to mix, then add Frangelico and pulse to mix again. Pour over cookie crust and sprinkle top with chocolate chips.
Bake on center rack for 35-40 minutes. Cool completely in pan then refrigerate for a few hours or until well-chilled. Grasp foil, lift from pan, place on a cutting board and slice into 8 bars.